Ten Bills Folded In My Pocket

Written by Blind Willie McTell/Public Domain with New words & music by Paul Cogley/Copyright Small Flame 2013

Cold Winter Day

Standby Blues

My Wandering Heart

Postcard From Mama Su's

This Hometown I Knew

Prairie Of Gold

Turn On A Dime

Small Flame

Like Never Before

Can't Get Her Off My Mind

Originally from New York, for many years Paul Cogley lived in Nevada City, California where he worked as a firefighter, heavy equipment operator, freelance comic book critic for the SF Chronicle, and, eventually, the town’s city planner.

He is an admirer of the great songwriters who he calls “the heavy hitters who span the decades.”  For years he honed his skills at open mics in bars and clubs, covering  favorites from Blind WIllie McTell to Townes Van Zandt.

Returning to New York City to take a new job, he put away the guitar and took a hiatus from music. However, music wasn’t gone from his life, just lying low.

“One day I picked up my Martin and out came a whole new song,” he says. “It rambled on quite a bit, but grabbing it out of the air and getting it down meant a lot to me. Music always seems to help me define myself.”

Since then,Cogley has written a batch of tunes and continues to look beyond his customary horizons.

Paul dePorres Cogley